Improvement in wine and cider-presses



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JOSEPH WEIZENECKER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent No. 91,502, dated .Time 15, 1869.

IMiPROVEMEN T IN WINE' AND CIDER-PRESSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH' WEIZENEGKER, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Presses for Making Wine, Cider, or Similar Liquids; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and true description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a press to be used by wine and fruit-growers, for making wine, cider, and other liquids, and its general construction is such that the operation .thereof requires no expensive or skilled labor, and that it shall not be subject to frequent damage, breakage, or choking, under contingencies of ordinary use.

To enable those skilled herein to make and use my said improvements, I will now fully describe the same, referring to the accompanying Figure 1 as a sectional elevation.

Figure 2 as a front view.

Figure 3 as a plan.

The said press will usually rest upon a firm base, ,such as the floor of a cellar or other apartment, by its base-timbers A, there being two or more hereof.

Upon said timbers are secured (by ordinary bolts or similar means) the transverse beams B, there being a sufficient number to give a firm support to the receiving-bed or box C.

This box has a stout door, and is, in its parts,joined in a Huid-tight manner. It receives the new wine and similar liquids as they flow from th'e pressure bed above, and it is arranged with a discharge-outlet, c, from which, by means of a proper hose, the fluids are conveyed to casks or butts.

A strainer, c', is arranged to prevent the passage of impurities and vegetable fibre to the opening, c.

Within the box C, I place the pressure-bed or box D, and within this the grapes, apples, or other fruit or substances to be pressed, are placed.

The pressure-head E acts to` compress the substances aforesaid, being actuated by the screw F, which has a proper nut in the cross-'beam G, and is turned by theoperator, using the hand-bars or levers H.

In order to properly secure the cross-beam G against the great pressure thereon, the same is attached to the standards or posts I by a tenon and mortise, and the beam G being, moreover, mortised bevelling into the post, as indicated in tig. 2. p

The posts I are secured by bevelled mortises in the central beams B, all parts being well bolted.

Side braces t' are secured to the beams A, and connect with said posts I, the parts being dovetailed and belted together.

The screw F has the socket K at its foot. A screw,

k, passing into a groove of the screw F, permits the screw F to turn and raise the socket K, the latter being prevented from' turning by its connection with the pressure-head E.

The socket K has a spreading base, and is bolted to the top piece e of said pressurehead. This widens again, and has under it 4the lateral .slats e, to which longitudinal slats e? are again secured, and hereto a second set of lateral slats, e3, attaches. To these .are secured the head-plate e, and its lateral slats e5, the headplate being arranged to iit the interior of the box D.

The parts, thus arranged and connected, are well bolted or secured to each other, thus insuring that the pressure will be equitably distributed.

'Ihe pressure-bed D has its sides d formed of strong timber or other material, and well bolted together, and said sides are arranged with perforations d, these slanting downwardly.

The bottom of-said box D is formed of slats d2, havingbevelled edges, as shown in iig. 1, under which are longitudinal slats d3, by which said box rests in the receiving-box C.

The slats di are placed so as to leave narrow interstices between them.

The grapes being placed in the box D, and the pressnre-head E forced down by the screw F, the head-plate e* forces the mass tightly down, while the side slats c I give a lateral pressure, and confine the mass while 11n- `der pressure.

The new wine, or other liquid thus formed, flows through the interstices in the door of the box D, and also through the perforations d', into the receiving-box C, as desired.

Ihe slanting direction of the perforations d1 reduces the tendency to clogging or choking by fibrous vegetable/matter, and creates an easy oi-ow of the expressed uid.

To readily carry the press, I arrange the hand-hooks L on the beams A. Said hooks will be placed horizontal, and staples l used to secure the same to the floor upon which the press rests, thus firmly holding the press against movement 'when the operators actuate the hand-bars H.

Having thus fully described my invention,

The pressure-head E, formed of the parts c, el, e, e, e4, and e5, when combined with the box D, formed with sides d, perforated, as shown at d1, and bevclled slats d2, substantially as set forth.

In witness of said invention, I have hereunto set my hand, in presence oi-,

JOSEPH WEIZENEGKER.

Witnesses:

Gao. P. HERTHEL, Jr., WELIAM N. Hemmer.. 

